Some after some calls to the Hilton Diamond Desk, I have been able to confirm some changes to the program. These changes went into effect on April 1st, but due to some "online issues" it has not been officially announced. By the way you can get 2,500 points for the problems with the ...

There is an active was a link on The Hilton Honors page that will GIVE you 2,500 HH points.
Thank you for your patience as we upgrade our systems.
OK.. I'll take it, just click here, provide your HH Number and Pin..
The offer is no longer available
Score! ...

I have gotten some inside info and at this point it is just a rumor and I do not have full details on the matter. There is some information out that all Hilton Hotels will be required to have an Executive Lounge. It is not fully clear if this will be a worldwide standard, a US standard, or ...

Well looks like Germany will be losing three InterContinental Hotels on April 1 2011. This statement can be found on each of the hotels pages, "THIS HOTEL WILL NO LONGER BE AN INTERCONTINENTAL FROM 1ST APRIL 2011"

So time to say goodbye to the InterContinental hotels in Berlin, Cologne & Dusseldorf. I'm told from someone familiar with the matter, that IHG just said, "We are done" and told these hotels that they will no longer be a part of the brand.

The InterContinental in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Berchtesgaden are not effected.

The next Hilton Promo is just ok, you will get 1,000 bonus per night. If you have a good deal of nights between April 1 and June 30 this could add up for you.. There is also no limit. You need to register for this promotion. You can do that here.
With the Hilton HHonors™ Grand Nights ...

Hyatt and HILLGATE Properties, a Dutch real estate developer, announced Hyatt Place hotel in the Netherlands, near Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. The hotel will open in Mid-2013 and will be the first Hyatt Place Hotel in Europe.
Hyatt Place Amsterdam Airport, with have around 330 rooms, ...

About a year ago I was able to book two 1st class rewards on Lufthansa with my UNITED miles; shockingly on the A380. This was just days before LH zeroed out all the reward seats in First on the A380. I was shocked that I was able to score these seats. I went a long time before telling anyone, I had ...

Just posted on Hyatt.com, looks like the Grand Hyatt Cairo will be losing the Hyatt name effective immediately. It is not clear if the Hotel will be run as a new chain or as an independent hotel. But as of today, it is no longer a Hyatt.
Unresolved Contractual Disputes Force Hyatt Exit; Egypt ...

As I have been reporting Lufthansa has pulled its flights from Tokyo but they are saying that it is a temporary move but as of this blog post you can not book flights from Frankfurt or Munich to Tokyo. The only statement on Lufthansa.com is this, "Lufthansa is re-routing all its Tokyo/Narita flights from Frankfurt and Munich to Osaka and Nagoya via Seoul until further notice till Monday, 28.03.2011"

What is going to happen to the A380 that was on the FRA-NRT route, will LH put it on a different route, or just let it get some rest in FRA?!??!

Here is what I'm getting when trying to book a flight to NRT from FRA or MUC:

Alitalia joined Lufthansa in keeping flights away from Tokyo as nuclear workers in Japan flight a meltdown at reactors damaged by the earthquake and tsunami.
Alitalia will divert its 14 weekly Tokyo trips from Rome and Milan to Osaka. Alitalia’s switch to Osaka was “to guarantee ...

Check out this crazy video from inside Narita Airport during the big earthquake on Friday. You can see the Star Alliance check in area shaking for over 2 minutes! This video was posted on youtube by tsurukokemomo.

The press is reporting that Ibaraki Airport reopened today. Hanamaki Airport and Fukushima Airport will operate for the transportation of relief and rescue supplies to the affected areas. Tokyo Narita resumed normal operations on Saturday.

"This is a precautionary measure for us," a Lufthansa spokesman told news agency AFP.
At the Lufthansa hubs in Frankfurt and Munich all flights from Japan were checked by airport fire departments but no radioactivity has been detected so far.
A source at Frankfurt airport said ...

As frequent travelers we all wonder about how others are being effected by events like today's Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan and thinking I could have been there, or I was there last week... I know many of us started to look at the flight status of our airline to see what went on during today's ...

I had a friend heading to Japan today, and was on UNITED 837 from SFO to NRT, he was diverted to OKO - Yokota Air Force Base. He left me a voice with very little details, but he was on the ground on the US Air Force Base.

Here is the latest Info provided by 374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs office:
Several commercial aircraft have diverted to Yokota Air Base from Narita International Airport, after it closed in response to an earthquake that hit mainland Japan at 2:50 p.m. today.

"The 374th Airlift Wing is prepared and ready to assist during this time of crisis," said Col. Otto Feather, 374th Airlift Wing commander.

Over the past week there was some articles on how UNITED will launch a new look to it's web page.. Well, did it just happen? Did the UNITED web team update on the fly?
Here is the first update, the new logo way out of ratio:

On Saturday, Lufthansa (LH) 104 from FRA to MUC had a mechanical, it was a problem with the breaking system. It was clear the flight would not be taking off on time as the tire was being removed at gate A1. It was a very cool view of the side of the A321, and I watched in amazement how Lufthansa ...

Looks like some of the changes they hope we are going to like are coming soon. United and Continental will be starting some European Cross-Fleeting. In June 2011 the cross-fleeting on European operation will begin, where some CO routes replaced by UNITED aircraft and vice ...

Hilton has two hotels in Mainz Germany, and the Hilton Mainz on the banks of the Rhine River is just about done a Multi-Million Euro refurbishment. The other Hilton in the City “The Hilton Mainz City” was renovated about 5 years ago. The changes are very dramatic! Here is a before and ...